NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A 60-year-old man was beaten with a metal pipe on an East Village street by a man who’d asked him for money, police said.
The NYPD released photos Friday of a suspect in the broad-daylight attack from Oct. 18.
The victim was at East 13th Street and First Avenue at 2:30 p.m. when his attacker asked him for cash, according to police.
The victim said he didn’t have any money, prompting the stranger to pull a metal pipe from his backpack and bash him in the head with it, police said.
The victim suffered a laceration to the back of the head and was transported by EMS to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue in stable condition.
The suspect was last seen headed northbound on First Avenue, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.